( For the observant who followed closely part1, part2, and now part3, you will notice that I have increased the ram requirement to 512MB from 256MB, and Android 2.3 rather than 2.1 - reason is progress, specs that low are really being phased out now )

Sub £200 dual core ....

This tablet in fact exceeds what I was expecting when I started this series back in February 2011. The Dual Core Omap 4 processor is leagues ahead of what tablets included 14 months ago.

Not only that, but the progress in user features from Android 2 to Android 3.2 is significant.

*Sub £200 tablets are not (by design) aimed at replacing your school projector, If you really feel you need to use the playback from a tablet to drive an external screen, then this series of reviews if probably not written with your needs in mind.

Anyone who suggests that a tablet (where no external screen is connected) would require resolutions higher than I have stated, is probably being driven by tick lists from hardware companies.

My 15" laptop runs 1440x900 resolution, and I have never yet been dissatisfied with the resolution level / clearness of it's rendering.

In summary, a year and a half is a massive period in terms of tablet specification, so much so that I have expanded my original list (to weed out more tablets), and upped key metrics.

I expect it will be February 2013 or later before £200 will buy you a tablet that meets my new criteria above, but the IT industry is full of surprises ;)